True crime stories & great mysteries

Mystery & True Crime Stories is a website about the most puzzling mysteries of the past, as well as controversial theories. Here you'll find the most puzzling crime mysteries, the greatest mysteries of history, some of the interesting controversial theories and unexplained phenomena. Of course, some of them might be hoaxes, some of them might have a trivial explanation, but it is always a fun to stumble upon a puzzle or mystery that still needs to be solved.


True crime stories

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine mystery

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine or Lost Dutchman’s Mine is a legendary rich gold mine hidden somewhere in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Although the exact location is not even roughly known...


Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby mystery

Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby

The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, son of famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh, was one of the first big trials that gathered massive media coverage. The 20-months-old...


Zodiac killer mystery

Zodiac killer

The Zodiac killer is an unknown serial killer that was operating in California between 1968 and 1974. He killed 5 people and injured 2 more, at least those are confirmed victims of the Zodiac...


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Great mysteries

SS Ourang Medan mystery

SS Ourang Medan

Two American ships while crossing the Strait of Malacca, near Indonesia, received a distress call from SS Ourang Medan. The rescue party that boarded the ship found all the crew dead...


Disappearance of Flight MH 370 mystery

Disappearance of Flight MH 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur and was heading for Beijing in China. About 40 minutes later, just when it was leaving the Kuala Lumpur air traffic control area...


Loch Ness monster mystery

Loch Ness monster

Supposedly large unknown animal that lives in the Scottish lake Loch Ness. There were several reports from people around the lake that saw the horse-like head or the back with few humps.


Bigfoot sightings mystery

Bigfoot sightings

Bigfoot is an ape-like creature that supposedly lives in the forests in different regions of the United States. The story of Bigfoot is in many points similar to the yeti.





Controversial theories

JFK assassination mystery

JFK assassination

American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while visiting Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The official version is that he was shot by a single, obviously insane, shooter...


Glenn Miller disappearance mystery

Glenn Miller disappearance

Glenn Miller was one of the most recognizable band leaders in the swing era, his music is still admired today. At the peak of his career, he decided to join the World War 2 effort and...


Pearl Harbor attack mystery

Pearl Harbor attack

The Attack on Pearl Harbor dragged the United States into the World War 2. It was the last straw that left Americans no choice but to join the Allies and declare war on Japan. At least...


UFO sightings mystery

UFO sightings

When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...



Unexplained phenomena

Beast of Gevaudan mystery

Beast of Gevaudan

Wolf-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the French province of Gevaudan in the 18th century. Over 100 people were killed by the Beast of Gevaudan, but still, we have no idea...


Dyatlov Pass incident mystery

Dyatlov Pass incident

Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...


Amityville horror house mystery

Amityville horror house

An average house at the end of the road in Amityville proved to be a crime scene, where the whole DeFeo family was killed. Years later, the new inhabitants of the house had to ask for...


UFO sightings mystery

UFO sightings

When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...



Crime and mystery movies

Thin Ice 2011 mystery movie

Thin Ice 2011

A dishonest insurance salesman gets involved in the plot to earn some quick money, but ends up with a dead body.


Oldboy 2003 mystery movie

Oldboy 2003

A man was kidnapped on the street and locked in a cell for 15 years. When released, he tries to find out why was he imprisoned.


Alice in Borderland 2020 mystery movie

Alice in Borderland 2020

Three friends find themselves in an alternative version of Tokio, where all of the people have vanished. And then, they receive a message...


Big Bad Wolves 2013 mystery movie

Big Bad Wolves 2013

Police detective is convinced that his main suspect is guilty of murdering young girls, but there is no way to prove it. He decides to take justice in his hands.



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